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An Irish web developer living in Brighton, England working with Clearleft. I built Huffduffer.
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The Clearleft podcast investigates the process of design. We talk to peers, clients, and customers. Then we share what we learn about the challenges and rewards of digital design.
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d.Construct is an affordable, one-day conference aimed at those building the latest generation of web-based applications. The event discusses how new technology is transforming the web from a document delivery system into an application platform. The music used in this podcast is Sychophantastic by Brighton band, Tailspin.
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20 Minute Playbook: Tactics, Routines, and Habits of World-Class Performers
Daniel Scrivner | Outlier Academy
Learn the tactics, tools, and strategies used by the Top 1% of iconic founders, renowned investors, and bestselling authors. As well as the books, figures, and ideas that shaped them. All in 20 minutes. Once per week, 20MP Host, Daniel Scrivner is joined by one of the great founders, investors, and thinkers of our time from Scott Belsky (Benchmark & Adobe), Kevin Kelly (WIRED), Gokul Rajaram (Square & Doordash), Brian Scudamore (1-800-GOT-JUNK), Joey Krug (Pantera Capital), and Delian Asparo ...
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My Guest this week is David Surette!https://mandolinsandbeer.com/the-mandolins-and-beer-podcast-episode-79-david-surette/
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The Mandolins and Beer Podcast Episode #120 Martin Howley (We Banjo 3) – Mandolins and Beer Podcast
My guest this week on the podcast is Martin Howley from We Banjo 3. While the band name has banjo in it, what you may not realize is Martin is an incredible mandolin player! We have a great chat and it was fantastic talking with him!https://mandolinsandbeer.com/the-mandolins-and-beer-podcast-episode-120-martin-howley-we-banjo-3/…
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By 2030 we’ll only work 15 hours a week, predicted the legendary economist John Maynard Keynes back in 1930. He thought advances in technology and wealth would let us earn enough money to live in a day or two – leaving the rest of the week for leisure and community service. How wrong he was. We seem to be working more than ever – with technology ad…
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What does a pilot sound like? Malcolm and Ben Naddaff-Hafrey take off on a long, strange investigation that takes them from Las Vegas to Family Guy to the airspace over the Mojave desert and the cold waters of the Hudson river.https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/revisionist-history/this-is-your-captain-speaking…
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Gary Goldman was a writer on “Total Recall”, a Philip K. Dick adaptation directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Arnold Schwarzeneger. It was a big hit. So why do Gary and his writing partner, Angus Fletcher, have so much trouble selling another Philip K. Dick adaptation? They tell Malcolm that it all came down to a roller coaster ride of plot twis…
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1812. A band of "Luddites" is laying siege to a textile mill in the North of England, under cover of night. They plan to destroy the machines that are replacing their jobs. But mill owner William Cartwright is prepared: he's fortified his factory with skilled marksmen, fearsome eighteen-inch metal spikes and barrels of sulphuric acid.Today "Luddite…
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Madeline Miller received critical acclaim for her novels The Song of Achilles and Circe – which reimagine The Iliad and The Odyssey told from the perspective of minor characters in the original texts by Homer. As someone who grew up loving Greek myths, she wanted to capture the sense of wonder she felt about them, and the raw emotional truth inside…
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We all know that something is always lost in translation, but what is gained when a story transitions from one language and culture to another? Chen Malul tells the story of Israeli pilots who translated The Hobbit while in captivity. Olga Zilberbourg remembers the Soviet version of The Wizard of Oz – which was very different from the original stor…
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It’s a future we’re all very familiar with. The rainy streets are full of neon dragons, noodle shops, and other Asian iconography mixed up and decontextualized amid sci-fi flourishes, but something is often missing: Asian people. In her video presentation “Asian futures, without Asians,” the artist and writer Astria Suparak breaks down dozens of fi…
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For the last 30 years, the real world has been catching up to Neal Stephenson’s vision of the future in his 1992 novel Snow Crash, which influenced the creators of Google Earth, Second Life, Oculus Rift and more. Now the centerpiece of the novel, the virtual world called The Metaverse, may become a daily part of our lives thanks to Facebook (rename…
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John Roesch is a legend in the field of foley sound effects. He mastered the art of creating bespoke sound effects using props or just his body on films like Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., Back to the Future, Frozen, Toy Story, The Matrix, The Dark Knight, Inception, and much of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And John was at the forefront of a revo…
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Becky Chambers’ latest novel, “The Galaxy and The Ground Within,” is the final book in her Wayfarer series, which is about aliens, humans and AI trying to make their way through the galaxy and find common ground. Some of the characters in her books may seem fantastical and strange, but the conversations between them often revolve around familiar is…
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2016 marks the ten-year anniversary of Octavia Butler's passing. Commemorative events are happening across Southern California, where she spent most of her life, from conferences to panels to walking tours. Recently, I've become obsessed with her writing -- which can be so powerfully disturbing it keeps me up at night, while at the same time, I can…
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J.R.R. Tolkien wanted his work to be taken seriously. But his magnum opus The Lord of the Rings was unlike most literature of the mid-20th century, which was modern. And wasn't The Hobbit a children's book? Critics mused, is this sequel supposed to be serious literature for adults?https://www.imaginaryworldspodcast.org/episodes/the-hobbits-and-the-…
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In 1911, a Native American man, the only member of his community to survive a genocide, encountered the new Anthropology department at Berkeley University.https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/the-last-archive/the-word-for-man-is-ishi
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William the Conqueror undertook a remarkably modern project. In 1086, he began compiling and storing a detailed record of his realm: of where everyone lived, what they did and where they came from.900 years later, the BBC began its own Domesday project, sending school children out to conduct a community survey and collect facts about Britain. This …
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Run, Switzer, Run: The Women Who Broke the Marathon Taboo - Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford - Omny.fm
Until the 1960s, it was deemed too "dangerous" for women athletes to run distances longer than 200m - and a marathon would kill them, or leave them unable to have children. Rubbish, of course. But when Kathrine Switzer signed up for the 1967 Boston Marathon, it wasn't the distance that bothered her - it was the enraged race director trying to assau…
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Undersea fibre-optic cables help keep us online - but what happens when they break ?We dive the ocean depths to find out how you fix undersea cables that keep us online. Also this week, the documentary that's programmed to have fifty two quintillion different versions. If you're planning to watch all of them you'll possibly need a coffee, so we loo…
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Academic Kate Crawford details the global environmental toll of the AI revolution.This week, the academic Kate Crawford tells us how she travelled the world to find the true cost of AI. Reporter Chris Vallance updates us on a watermark system - developed by Deepmind, Google's AI arm - which aims to show whether an image was generated by a machine o…
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In this episode, Jake and Surma chat about web components. Why they were invented, what they're useful for, and how they would improve.https://offthemainthread.tech/episode/are-web-components-worth-it/
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Musician and composer Charlie Lennon very sadly passed away last week and tonight we're rebroadcasting our interview with him recorded in Stiúideó Cuan in October 2023. https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/11636834/
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On today's programme I analyse a variety of Finbarr Dwyer's compositions - the ones most commonly played and recorded over the years.https://shows.acast.com/at-the-crossroads/episodes/the-compositions-of-finbarr-dwyer-part-1
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In this episode, I'm chatting to Eugene Lambe from Dublin who moved to County Clare in the early 1970s. Over the years, he has met, played with and befriended all of the local musicians and characters and, back in the 1980s, he decided to video some of them for archival purposes. Over five hours of footage is available for viewing at the ITMA in Du…
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D'Arcy invites her pals on to fall down a WikiHole that begins with one of her favorite movies of all time. But how does this epic war film connect to Studio 54? Listen to find out!https://wondery.com/shows/wikihole-with-darcy-carden/episode/15031-saving-private-ryan-with-jason-mantzoukas-and-paul-scheer/…
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Saint Patrick's Day vibes (and hangovers) are in the air so D'Arcy invites everyone's favorite band MUNA on to talk about Leprechauns! How do they connect to lawn ornaments? Listen to find out!https://wondery.com/shows/wikihole-with-darcy-carden/episode/15031-leprechauns-with-muna/
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Includes: introductions; the list of great players Tommy has played with including Jacqueline McCarthy, Pádraic Keane, Siobhán Keane and Maisie-Kate Keane; getting the recording gig for Rum, Sodomy & The Lash; Phil Chevron; Elvis Costello; Red Roses For Me vs Rum, Sodomy & The Lash vs If I Should Fall From Grace From God; the arrangement of Dirty O…
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A zen-like conversation between Liam Ó Maonlaí and Fender Jackson which provides no beginning nor end. Bookended with live piano performances Liam shares his performing and recording insights as well as his inspiration when it comes to performing. Other topics include cheap and free pianos, tuning pianos, identity, the gun makers of the world, refo…
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Episode 13. Dr JP McMahon discusses his early life, his education, Marina Carr, Tom Murphy Brian Friel, the three Lady Gregory plays, Brendan Kennelly poet, Samuel Beckett, Dadaism, Hugo Ball, bringing art into the restaurant, choosing music to match the restaurant, using photography in the restaurant, Food On The Edge, staging a performance with f…
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Kevin takes us deep into his early years when he trained as a fiddle player as well as a violin player. He discusses moving to American in 1980, Alan’s Irish Fiddler Book, Sligo Fiddle Player Paddy Killoran, Kevin’s way of playing, BB King, adapting the way one talks in certain scenarios, the music being on display vs. the musician, the semantics o…
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First half of a conversation with Sharon Shannon covering her early life on the farm, life in Doolin, Susan O'Neill, how to control eight dogs, Marina Fiddler and Madra, why she makes music, competitive showjumping, being shy as a kid, being vegan, window shopping in her own home, being an ambassador for Madra, resetting herself when at home, learn…
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In this special episode, we celebrate the unforgettable 'Thank You, Johnny' concert held at the Town Hall Theatre in Galway on Tuesday, April 30th, 2024. Host Fender Jackson takes listeners on a journey through this extraordinary evening, where legendary musicians gathered to honour the pioneering artist Johnny Moynihan: the man who introduced the …
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There’s nothing in human DNA that makes the 40-hour workweek a biological necessity. In fact, for much of human history, 15 hours of work a week was the standard, followed by leisure time with family and fellow tribe members, telling stories, painting, dancing, and everything else. Work was a means to an end, and nothing else.So what happened? Why …
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An interview by Eoin O'Neill of David Sanders on the release of his Debut Album with Alan Wallace===Original video: https://soundcloud.com/david-357139634/interview-with-eoin-oneillDownloaded by http://huffduff-video.snarfed.org/ on Sat May 18 08:39:43 2024Available for 30 days after download
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Gourdon seamanAlex Ritchie’s adventures with the Inuit people after being shipwrecked and marooned in Greenland in 1908 and his struggles to reach a point at which rescue was possible are told in great detail by Alex himself in a BBC recording made in the 1950s.Further information can be found at http://www.maggielaw.co.uk/===Original video: https:…
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Black holes are inescapable traps for most of what falls into them — but there can be exceptions. The theoretical physicist Leonard Susskind speaks with co-host Janna Levin about the black hole information paradox and how it has propelled modern physics.https://www.quantamagazine.org/can-information-escape-a-black-hole-20240411/…
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Tom Mulligan, owner of famed Dublin pub The Cobblestone joins us for a chat as he recounts the history of the pub, his own musical background and we listen to some tracks from the 2 CDs recorded live in the pub.https://siamsa.ie/podcasts/
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Tom Mulligan, owner of famed Dublin pub The Cobblestone joins us for a chat as he recounts the history of the pub, his own musical background and we listen to some tracks from the 2 CDs recorded live in the pub.https://siamsa.ie/podcasts/
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Tom Mulligan, owner of famed Dublin pub The Cobblestone joins us for a chat as he recounts the history of the pub, his own musical background and we listen to some tracks from the 2 CDs recorded live in the pub.https://siamsa.ie/podcasts/
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In this episode, Jake and Surma chat about the complexities of adding common framework patterns into the web platform, and work that has been done on that so far.https://offthemainthread.tech/episode/putting-react-in-the-browser/
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss George Orwell's (1903-1950) final novel, published in 1949, set in a dystopian London which is now found in Airstrip One, part of the totalitarian superstate of Oceania which is always at war and where the protagonist, Winston Smith, works at the Ministry of Truth as a rewriter of history: 'Who controls the past,' ra…
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Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode discuss how restaurants are portrayed throughout cinema and the small screen, from Big Night to Ratatouille.Mark is joined by film and TV journalist Roxana Hadadi to discuss an overview of the best depictions of restaurants on the silver screen and to define which ingredients make for a good restaurant movie.And Ellen…
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Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode look to the silver screen to finally answer a big question. Cats or dogs - which are best?In the cat camp, Ellen enlists the help of film critic and author of the definitive book Cats On Film, Anne Billson. They discuss their favourite film felines, from Alien to Catwoman.Ellen also speaks to director Ceyda Torun and …
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Forty years on from 1984 and the release of the John Hurt-starring big screen adaptation of George Orwell’s novel, Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore dystopian visions from British film and TV.Mark speaks to film critic Kim Newman about the literary roots of the dystopia, from 1984 to A Clockwork Orange. And he talks to actor Brian Cox about ho…
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Analysing a 9th century Irish poem about a white cat .https://play.acast.com/s/blindboy/analysing-a-9th-century-irish-poem-about-a-white-cat
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I chat with legendary songwriter and musician Johnny Marrhttps://play.acast.com/s/blindboy/johnny-marr
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A look at Greek mythology through the lens of humility and emotional intelligencehttps://play.acast.com/s/blindboy/the-psychology-of-greek-mythology
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Ossians Ride is an unintentionally hilarious paranoid English novel written in 1959 about a futuristic Ireland that can obtain nuclear weapons from Turf. I pick it apart and contrast it with other Dystopian fiction. Long Hot Takeshttps://play.acast.com/s/blindboy/the-strange-english-dystopian-sci-fi-novel-about-ireland…
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Exploring the striking similarities between North African Berber singing and Irish Sean nós singing. Discussing an 1859 archaeological journal that claimed the Irish language was understood in North Africa. Revisiting Bob Quinns boiling controversial work on the subject.https://play.acast.com/s/blindboy/doesirishmusichavenorthafricanorigins-…
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On Travels Through a Kingdom with Kaya Flynn, we mark 50 years since the sudden passing of Denis Murphy.On April 7th 1974, the Sliabh Luachra community lost one of the biggest inflencial fiddle players.Denis 'The Weaver' Murphy was born in Lisheen in 1910.The Murphy family were known as 'The Weavers" as so many people in the area shared the same su…
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How do you introduce users to product features without alienating or patronising them?By Clearleft
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